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BREAD MADE OF FINE FLOUR

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“Throughout the Prophet's life he never saw bread made from fine flour. He (Sahl, son of Sa’ad) was asked: ‘Didn't you have sieves in the time of the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him?’ He replied: ‘The Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, never saw a sieve.’ Then he was asked: ‘How did you manage to eat bread made from barley without the flour being sieved?’ He told them: ‘We ground it and then blew over it to remove the husks, whatever remained we kneaded into dough.”

Bukhari with a chain up to Sahl, the son of Sa'ad who related this.